eHealth : the promise of ICT for improving health in Africa, by Prof. S. Yunkap KwankamExecutive DirectorInternational Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH)
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eHealth : the promise of ICT for improving health in Africa
1. eHealth : the promise of ICT for improving health in Africa Prof. S. Yunkap Kwankam Executive Director International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH)
2. Focus of health investment should be on improving sector productivity, cannot just increase funding The most effective way to improve productivity is to improve health systems Source: Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets & Consumer Welfare (UC Berkeley), WHO, A Handbook of Cultural Economics (James Heilbrun) Level of HC spending is a function of GDP/capita regardless of external funding Health spend per capita (2005) GDP PPP per capita (2005) R 2 = 0.94
3. Effectiveness of health spending widely variable Health outcomes not tightly linked to income level Variation in health outcomes highlights considerable room for improvement of inefficient and ineffective health systems Source: WHO GDP PPP per capita (2005) Log GDP/Capita (PPP) vs Childhood (<5) Mortality Childhood (<5) Mortality (per 1000) Country A Country B Country Y Country X Countries with similar health outcomes but very different profiles Countries with similar profiles but very different health outcomes
6. Countries with a critical shortage of health service providers (doctors, nurses and midwives)
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11. Africa Health Infoway- an organizing framework An integrated district health network for Africa AUC's Pan-Africa eNetwork project eAfrica Commission's eSchools project Millennium villages etc